Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-30
News Notes.

news NOsess
The California Central was six
hours late last night, arriving about 3
O'Clock this morning.
The sales of real estate recorded
yesterday amounted to 1854
Number of transfers, As.
All those who are Interested in build
Mother Ransom home will meet this
day at Bryson Hall, at O'Clock P. NJ.
At meeting of the Police Commits
sioners yesterday afternoon Jas. B.
Ribble was appointed a member of
the police force.
Mr.. A. Brigden, manager Of the
Sierra Madre Vintage Company at
Iamanda Park, has just shipped 49,
900 gallons of wine to Chicago.
William, Joseph B. and Hancock
Banning have brought suit for an en-
tire partition of the estate of the late
General p. Banning. The suit was
filed yesterday.
The many friends and acquaintances
of Theo. Sanor, formerly of Los An
geles, well and favorably known in
the county, will be pleased to learn
that he will return here soon to open
a branch tailoring establishment for
Joe Poheim, of San Francisco.
Pomona is to have a beautiful
driving park. Sixty acres OF level land
near the city have been bonded and
$4,000 in money raised toward its
purchase price. 100000 is needed.
Louis Phillips, with his customary
generosity, subscribed $4,000.
A benefit game of baseball will be
played Sunday at the Sixth Street
Grounds, by the Los Angeles Club
against picked nine. The proceeds
are to be devoted to paying the ex-
penses OF the Los Angeles Club on a
northern trip.
w. r. Lewis. the well-known con-
tractor, is in the city from Elsinore,
he is grading the new town of Lucerne,
at the head of Elsinore lake. He says
they are building an $500 bathhouse
at Elsinore and the hot sulphur spring
water in the spring is 11S degrees.
During the absence of the presi
dent of the Ladies' Benevolent Socie-
ty, Mrs. Ducommun, from the city,
all cases must be sent either to Mrs.
B. Chandler, Boyle Heights, or to
Mrs. A. l.. Bath, 40S South Hill street,
whose hours are from 8 to 8 A. NJ. and
4 to P. M.
The stockholders of the Rapid
Transit r. r. company will meet this
morning as11 O'Clock at the office oi
III. A. Unruh, on Spring street, to heal
the proposition of the officers of the
Electric Improvement Company in re-
gar to the motor to be used on the line
between Los Angeles and Monrovia.
The bridge Of the California South
ern railway that was burned at Fall
brook was speedily repaired, ant
trains arrived as usual yesterday. L
appears that only two bents were
turned and the track did not give
way. New supports were supplied il
a few hours, no serious detention tool
place and nobody was injured.
The University of California hai
published its annual announcement o.
courses of instruction in its various
colleges at Berkeley for the academic
year 1888. The course seems to be
greatly enlarged and improved. The
HERALD is in receipt of copy. The
University will open on the 22d o
September.
As an instance of how values art
increasing at Pomona POSTMASTER
Stein said yesterday: 'Less than :
year ago DIR. Coates bought lot OF
the corner of Second and Thomas
streets for $4,000. A few days ago the
Doctor sold this same lot for $13, 900, ,
a gain of $4,000 in a few months
speaks well for the rising city o
Pomona.
The Pomona Progress, edited by Mr.
T.. K. Stowell, is branching out ex
tensively and shows that it is receiv
ing substantial encouragement. Ney
presses and type have been bough
and the business office of the Pr0gres
is now said to be the handsomes
room in Pomona. 1t is very eviden
that Stowell as the HERALD said has
good deal of ''nerve."
Rev. Will c. Merrill, pastor of tn,
Congregational church of Sacramento
with his wife arrived in the city b.
the east-bound train yesterday. Mr.
Merrill will supply the Congregations
church of this city for few Sabbaths
He is one Of the ablest pulpit orators
of this coast. They have taken room
at Mr.. G. Morgan's on the corner o
Temple and Hill streets.
The great artesian well at Lynwood
on the forty-three and one-half acres
advertised in the HERALD, will flow
5000, 900 gallons daily, and is KEEP
with cap on the tube except when
used for irrigating fields, in order tc
preserve them from food. So great
is the pressure of the water that stones
put in the tube are thrown out vic.
lently. The land is situated over 9
subterranean lake.
At the matinee yesterday at the
Opera House every Juvenile visitor
was presented with souvenir in the
shape of handsomely painted card
The gifts were highly appreciated by
the small fry who formed the majol
part OF the audience, and will doubt
less be treasured as "reminiscences o
Professor Bartholomew and his clever
equine combination. There will bt
another matinee this afternoon.
TIE trouble and delay OF changing
cars en- route to Long Beach will soor
be ended, as the track of the Southern
Pacific will be changed from the
junction" SO as to pass Long Beach
on its way to Wilmington and Sar